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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language?

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neidu2@feddit.nl
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Incorrect. Perl does the same just as well, and it’s a language that actually makes sense while also being uglier.

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sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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In my experience Perl is a write-only language. Coming in behind someone else and fixing or writing their code is often slower than just rewriting it

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neidu2@feddit.nl
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Perl is partially readable, provided that it’s your own code. The one thing perl coders hate the most, is other people’s code.

Source: Am a perl coder

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felbane@lemmy.world
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Perl is definitely a WORN language.

Write Once, Read Never

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AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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I’ll admit, I have zero experience with Pearl. I do like the uglier point you made though. 50+ DKP

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